Green Day's American Idiot to be made into a movie
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oi-Binayak Khatri
By Binayak Khatri
After
being
adapted
into
a
Broadway
musical,
American
Idiot,
the
2004
album
by
Green
Day,
is
all
set
to
be
made
into
a
movie.
One
of
the
band's
most
successful
albums,
American
Idiot
impressed
critics
as
well
as
fans,
winning
the
band
a
Grammy
Award.
The
Broadway
version
of
this
album
also
did
very
well
as
it
won
many
awards
including
2
Tony
awards.
The
movie
adaptation
of
the
album
was
planned
immediately
after
the
album's
release
in
2004,
but
plans
for
the
movie
were
put
on
hold
after
the
musical
took
5
years
to
come
into
existence.
However,
following
the
success
of
the
Broadway
Musical,
American
Idiot
is
said
to
soon
make
its
debut
in
the
silver
screen.
Playtone
Productions
(Tom
Hanks"
company),
who
will
be
producing
this
film,
has
hired
Michael
Mayer
(
American
Idiot's
musical
director)
as
the
director.
According
to
sources,
this
movie,
which
will
be
based
on
the
Broadway
version,
will
come
out
in
2013.
Green
Day
frontman
Billie
Joe
Armstrong
will
be
playing
the
role
of
St
Jimmy.